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Ottawa to use regulations to ban handgun imports until legislation passes
Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino, speaks alongside minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly, left, and MP Yvan Baker, during a press conference announcing new gun control laws, in Toronto, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Canada once nearly passed a restrictive abortion law. This is how it failed
Pat Carney
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The problems with the federal data-privacy bill will disproportionately hurt marginalized Canadians
Erica Ifill
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Online streaming bill could make YouTube ‘manipulate’ its algorithms, CRTC chair says
CRTC Chair Ian Scott is seen at the start of the first day of hearings on mobile wireless service, Tuesday February 18, 2020 in Gatineau, Quebec. Scott says the government's online streaming bill would give it power to regulate homemade videos posted on platforms such as YouTube.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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MPs pass ‘extreme intoxication’ bill in expedited process, Senate weighs doing same
Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti speaks with reporters as he arrives for a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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MPs unanimously agree to expedite passage of ‘extreme intoxication’ bill in House of Commons
The Parliament Hill Peace Tower is framed in an iron fence on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Thursday, March 12, 2020. After weeks of virtual hearings and often heated debate, an extensively amended Bill C-10 will go back to the House of Commons for a final vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Deepfakes and disinformation should fall under online hate law, says advisory panel
Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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YouTube ‘disappointed’ by amendments to Liberals’ online-streaming bill
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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MPs pass bill removing mandatory minimum sentences from some criminal offences
Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Federal MPs are expected to vote this afternoon on whether to adopt the Liberals' mandatory minimums bill and send it to the Senate. Bill C-5 would amend the Criminal Code to remove mandatory minimum sentences for all drug convictions and for some firearms and tobacco-related offences.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Ottawa seeks broad powers over telecoms, right to keep measures secret
Pedestrians make their way along Sparks Street Mall near the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. The mayor of Canada's capital city has urged the federal government to send its workers back to their downtown offices to bolster flagging local businesses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Heritage minister accuses Conservatives of spreading misinformation about online streaming bill
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Heritage Minister accuses Conservatives of filibustering hearing on online streaming bill
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Liberals’ Online Streaming Act generates polarized reaction at Parliamentary committee hearings
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Evening Update: Bank of Canada hikes interest rates by another half percentage point, says it is ready ‘to act more forcefully’
A woman walks past the Bank of Canada headquarters, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada’s intractable gun-crime issue: Our geographic neighbour
Robyn Urback
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Canada’s freeze on buying, selling handguns is now in effect. The latest updates on Bill C-21
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference addressing the handgun sales freeze, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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Federal government not ruling out handgun bans to deal with gun crime
Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Canada’s Online News Act needs to be transparent and equitable
Jeanette Ageson, Matthew DiMera, Lela Savic and Jeff Elgie
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Morning Update: Ottawa to halt handgun sales, imports, but stops short of total ban
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new gun control legislation in Ottawa on Monday, May 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Ottawa to halt handgun sales, imports, but stops short of total ban
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with government officials and gun-control advocates, speaks at a news conference about firearm-control legislation that was tabled today in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Ottawa has one last chance to get its most belaboured climate policy right
Adam Radwanski
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Ottawa set to introduce new firearms legislation that could revive mandatory assault-rifle buyback program
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday May 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Google Canada’s position on Bill C-18 does not surprise, but it does mislead
Robert Malcolmson
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Ottawa will implement legislation to decrease Indigenous incarceration, Canada’s Justice Minister says
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti speaks about repealing mandatory minimum sentences during a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Ottawa. Lametti says reports of a Quebec criminal trial involving a police informant held entirely in secret and kept off the official court docket are deeply concerning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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YouTube says Bill C-11 could encompass users’ videos, despite minister’s assurances
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes a selfie with a supporter as he arrives at the National Culture Summit, in Ottawa, Monday, May 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Heritage Minister preaches internet regulation at cultural summit, but he may not be addressing the right people
Kate Taylor
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Politics Briefing: Liberals’ Bill C-18 would compel tech giants to compensate Canadian news industry
Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, holds a press conference regarding the introduction of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ottawa tables bill requiring tech giants like Facebook, Google to pay Canadian media outlets for news content
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
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Rise in online child abuse in Canada prompts call for new law forcing removal of harmful images
Lianna McDonald, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, holds text books as she speaks at a press conference at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection in Winnipeg Wednesday, October 1, 2014. McDonald, executive director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, was among a dozen people appointed last week to the expert panel asked to help the government craft a new online safety bill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Canadian songwriters made $67 on average from streaming last year. Would Bill C-11 change the game?
This Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, photo shows music streaming apps clockwise from top left, Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora and Google on an iPhone in New York. SOCAN has revealed that on average Canadian sogwriters earned only $67 last year in royalties from digital streaming services.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jenny Kane
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The Liberals are turning the Official Languages Act into the Bill 101 of Canada
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Majority of federal Indigenous child welfare law upheld by Quebec Court of Appeal
The Quebec Court of Appeals is seen in Montreal, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A Quebec appeals court has upheld the majority of a federal law that gives Indigenous governments more control over child welfare. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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CRTC lacks expertise to regulate online streaming, YouTube, experts say
The logos for several streaming services are pictured on a remote control in Portland, Ore., Aug. 13, 2020.  Experts are raising concerns that the body the government wants to regulate the way people watch video content in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jenny Kane-File
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Arts sector welcomes broadcasting bill as critics remain concerned about government interference online
The logo for Netflix is shown on a remote control in Portland, Ore., on August 13, 2020. Netflix told its Canadian members that starting July 1 it will be adding GST or HST charges to monthly bills "due to a recent change in Canada's tax law." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jenny Kane
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Liberals re-introduce Broadcasting Act bill, pledge amendments will ensure individual social media users are exempt
The Parliament Hill Peace Tower is framed in an iron fence on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Thursday, March 12, 2020. After weeks of virtual hearings and often heated debate, an extensively amended Bill C-10 will go back to the House of Commons for a final vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Google executive cautions Canada against adopting ‘extreme’ new internet rules
FILE PHOTO: Google Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker appears before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo